promote hair growth

[petrie86]

My hair grows really slow... It always has. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried taking vitamins to promote the hair growing faster. I've found some vitamins online but I'm wondering if they work. What do you think?

[humpieumpumkin]

Petrie my love, They do work. Try gelitan capsules or the oil of olay set. Just make sure everything in the set is bladder friendly I can't remember. They also have other brands of these things in the vitamin isle.

Erika

[petrie86]

Erika,

You've used them before?? I just bought something called Hair Nutrition Vitamins... Here is the ingredients. I dont know if this is bladder friendly. But I will find out. I hope it works.

Niacin 40mg
Folic Acid 400mcg
Vitamin B-12 6mg
Biotin 600mcg
Pantothenic Acid 92mg
Iodine 100mcg
Zinc Oxide 20mg
Manganese Gluconate 10mg
Chlorophyll 30mg
Para Amino Benzoic Acid 30mg

I haven't figured out how to grow my hair long. It's a little longer than my shoulders. Everytime I go to my hair dresser to get it cut she tells me to come every 3 months which I do. It seems as though she cuts off what I grow. It always stays the same length. Annoying! lol

[ICKIRSTI]

Biotin!

Hello there! I have wondered the same thing for a while, taken all different supplements for hair,skin, nails. Particularly, after I began losing large amounts of my already thin hair from the Elmiron. Personally, I have been most successful with just the Biotin supplements. They even have it at the vitamin shoppe in shampoo and conditioner forms. Biotin. Other formula's I find indeed have I.C. UNfriendly elements. Hope this helps.

[petrie86]

I haven't had any hair loss on the Elmiron yet. (knock on wood) but just I would like my hair to grow at a faster pace. that would be nice.

[humpieumpumkin]

I took some skin and nail stuff. It was in a pink box. Don't rember what it was called. I had shiny hair and hard nails. Not to mention my stin was glowing.

Erika

[waterflow]

I tried differnt pills with no results. Have been using the rogaine for woman and that seems to do it. I have the alopecia and this is the only thing that seems to help me.

[humpieumpumkin]

Vitamin B jumps out at me...don't really know about the others. Give it a try. I do know vitamin b&c bother some.

Erika

[liznazz]

My best results have been from Biotin. I take about 2-3,000mcgs. daily. Also added extra protein to my diet. Another suggestion.... I use only shampoo without sodium laureth/laurel sulfate. You can purchase various kinds at a health food store. They don't lather as well, but I found that I didn't lose as much hair after a shampoo. Hope this helps... liz

[ICNDonna]

I have the perfect solution

You'll have to excuse my sense of humor this morning.....

I have found that if I want my hair to grow really really fast, all I have to do is spend over $100 on a perm --- believe me, it will grow out in two months! ....and if I want it to grow, it just sits there and won't grow.

On a more serious note, you might want to get your hair trimmed a little less often, maybe wait four months instead of three?

Hugs,
Donna

[petrie86]

Lol Yea that's how it usually goes. The more money you spend on your hair the more the hair grows, always when you dont want it too!! I tried letting it grow and waiting like 4 months to cut my hair. But my hair dresser yells at me b/c then my ends are split and unhealthy so she cuts it all of anyways. Maybe it's time to get a new hair dresser??
I'm gunna give this vitamin thing a shot... I'm not losing any hair from Elmiron i just want really long hair and i cant get it to grow fast enough to do it! haha